ZMT - Leibniz Zentrum für Marine Tropenforschung
Expanding the National Research Data Infrastructure: Bremen’s key role reaffirmed
Members of the U Bremen Research Alliance (UBRA), among them ZMT, have been participating in five of the nine projects from the first funding round to establish the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI). On July 4, 2025, Germany’s Joint...
ZMT International Scientific Advisory Board welcomes five new members and elects IDOS director Anna-Katharina Hornidge as new chair
25/06/2025 | ZMT has welcomed five new members to its international scientific advisory board who participated in their annual meeting this week. The newly appointed members are Professor Roberto Danovaro (Università Politecnica delle Marche), Dr Asha De Vos...
ECSA 61 in August 2026: Submission for session proposals now open
20/06/2025 | From 24 to 27 August the 2026 ECSA 61, the conferene of the Estuarine Coastal Sciences Association is taking place in Brussels.This year's overall topic is "Bridging the gap between science and policy in estuarine and coastal marine...
UNOC3 creating a momentum: An Analysis by Prof. Dr. Raimund Bleischwitz
20/06/2025 | The 3rd UN Ocean Conference can be considered a success throughout difficult geopolitical times and a milestone in ocean governance, although some higher ambitions had been articulated. Here are main points: UNOC3 Legitimacy has been high: with...
UNOC3 creating a momentum: What do ZMT researchers take away from the UN Ocean Conference in Nice?
20/06/2025 | More than 15,000 participants including 2,000 scientists and over 60 world leaders came together at the UN Ocean Conference in Nice. Now that the large-scale event has come to an end, we asked ZMT researchers who attended UNOC3 and the preceding...
Research Data Day "FAIR future skills" on June 11 in Bremen
06/06/2025 | Would you like to take your research to the next level and learn how to make your data FAIR and accessible to the world? The U Bremen Research Alliance as part of the interdisciplinary Bremen data competence centre DataNord invites you to the...
Leibniz „Book A Scientist“ – register now for 3 June 2025
08/05/2025 | Bei "Book a Scientist" haben Sie die Chance, sich mit einer Expertin oder einem Experten der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft auszutauschen und alles zu fragen, was Sie schon immer zu Ihrem Lieblingsthema wissen wollten. In persönlichen Gesprächen geben unsere...
Let's work together - Principles for good teamwork and leadership at ZMT
06/05/2025 | Mutual respect and trust, room for self-organisation as well as creativity, willingness to learn and change are the guiding principles of work at the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT). Over the past few months, the Human Resources...
CAMPUS AWARD Research for a Sustainable Future: Award ceremony on 7 May 2025
29/04/2025 | The ceremony to bestow the CAMPUS Award: Research for a Sustainable Future will take place at the University of Bremen on 7 May from 18:00 onwards. The prize goes to outstanding young scientists on the campus of the University of Bremen who are...
Extreme Rainfall – A long-standing hypothesis on temperature dependence finally settled?
28/04/2025 | Flash floods resulting from extreme rainfall pose a major risk to people and infrastructure, especially in urban areas. Higher temperatures due to global climate change affect continuous rainfall and short rain showers in somewhat equal measure....